Sentence examples for former needed from inspiring English sources

The former needed a route to the sea, while the latter wanted to contain them.

Bungie and Activision teamed up all those years ago essentially because the former needed a jump-start to develop Destiny, and the latter was of course always looking for big titles to produce and milk for cash.

The former needs no introduction and is an excellent conversion of what remains a uniquely addictive munch-em-up.

That made relegation a direct battle between opponents De Graafschap and FC Volendam, with the former needing only a draw and the latter a win.

The former needs the cantilevers with 0.03 N/m and the tip radius 50 – 200 nm.

In a competitive jobs market, sixth formers need to gain skills that will help them stand out.

Interestingly, in his comparative study on the foreign policies of Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan on the one hand and Kyrgyzstan on the other, McGlinchey (2012) came to the conclusion that sometimes autocratic leaders may be more supportive of the West than democratic ones, which happens exactly because of the formers' need for an additional source of gaining domestic legitimacy.

Spore formers need specific conditions for germination and growth, which can occur in food, such as low or high temperatures and anaerobic or acidophilic conditions [ 3, 4], sometimes in combination.

We have Dumbo but are losing Jumbo for his ivory (remember the cruel phrase "tickle the ivories," for piano-playing?), and the former needs the latter for good grounding.

The former needs to be updated in a global framework.

The former need to be clear, but the latter is obscure.